Poultry-car.



W. M. RYAN & J. B. GANDLIN.

POULTRY OAR.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 17,1908.

Patented Jali'. 26. 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

POULTRY GAR.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 17, 1908.

W. M. RYAN & J. E. CANDLIN.

Pa tented Jan. 26, 1909. 3 BHBBT8-SHEET 2.

W. M. RYAN & J. E. GANDLIN.

POULTRY GAB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 190B.

Patented Jan. 26. 1909. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. RYAN AND JAMES EDWARD CANDLIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO RYAN CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

PoULTnY-cim.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed July 17, 1908. Serial No. 443,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM M. RYAN and JAMEs EDWARD CANDLIN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PoultryUars, of which we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention has for its object to provide an improved construction of railway car whereby live poultry may be safely and conveniently transported and the invention consists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in central longitudinal. section through a poultry car embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical cross section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, showing one half of the car upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View in horizontal section on line -13 of Fig. 4 through the standards that support the troughs, the trough being shown in plan. Fig. 4 is a detail View in front elevation of the parts illustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical longitudinal section on line 5-5 of Fig 4. view in vertical section on line 66 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrow.

troughs and adjacent parts, the trough being shown in inverted position.

()ur invention is shown as applied to that type of poultry cars in which compartments for receiving the oultry are arranged in tiers upon opposite si( es of a center aisle that ex.- tends from end to end of the car. From the outer, bottom sills 2 of the car rise the vertical posts 3 between which extend the cross bars 4 that support the outer portions of the floors 5 of the several compartments. The inner ends of the floors 5 are sup )orted by transverse bars 6 that are secured between upright posts 7 and 8 that. extend. from bottom to top of the car, these posts 7 and 8 bcing arran ed at a distance a art, as clearly shown in igs. 1 and 3 of the rawings. The inner edges of the cross bars 4 and 6 are rabbeted to receive the corresponding edges of the floors 5. The outer ends of the com- Fig. 6 is a Fi 7 l is a front view of the end of one of the fl ed partments are closed by screens consisting referably of wire mesh 9 secured to angle ans 9 that extend across several compartments, these screens being held in position by cleats 9' that are bolted to the front upright posts 3 of the car, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, the central portion of the car is provided with doors u on its opposite sides, and this portion of tie car is free from compartments. Beneath the floor of this central portion of the car is secured a bin 10 to receive corn or other suitable grain for the poultry, a hinged door 11 being formed in the car floor to permit access to the bin. Above the central portion of the car and sustained by suitable cross beams is a tank 15 adapted to receive water to be supplied to the several teed troughs of the compartments l and over the top of this tank 15, or a portion L thereof, extends a hinged trap door 16 and beneath. it a transverse wall 17 in which is i formed an opening for the admission of water, this opening being nonnally closed by a l lug 18 A short pipe it) extends from the E iottom of the tank 15, this pipe being furnished with a valve 2i) to control the flow of water from the tank. Across the top of the center aisle of the car, and supported by longitudinal beams 35, extends a series of slats L 26 that are separated a suilicient distance apart to permit a free circulation of air 1 thcrethrough and over the slats l6 and hinged to the beams are doors 37 that form the central portion of the car rool'. When the doors -7 are raised, a freer circulation of air through the car is ell'erted. As clearly seen in Fig. l of the drawings, the adacent edges of the doors J7 rest upon the beams 29.

Between ('iitll pair of inner standards 7 and 8 and secured to the inner lace thereof, are mounted the castings 30 (see Figv 3 of the drawings), these castings living preferably formed with lugs 31 that are swim-ed as at 32 to the inner fa es of the standards and 8. Between the castings I30 and the outer up-- right posts or standards 3 extend iron rods 33%, the ends of these rods being secured respectively to the castings and to the upright posts or standards 3 (see Fig. 2;}. Upon the inner face of each of the c; st iirrs :30 are two sets of lugs 34, so and so and between the lugs 34 and 35 and bearing upon the lugs 36 upper portions of the tralisversc joists or int) llU

adjacent the top and bottom of each casting 3U are the bent ends of o, U-shaped frame or bar 40 that extends from the casting to the upright post or standard 3 at the opposite end of the compartment. '1 his trenie or her 4U is preterilihly seeured to the upright post or standard 5 by screws 11, as elezirly shown in r 1g. 5 ol' the drawings. To the outer, vertirui portion of the frame or bar 40 is sevured the end o l it rod 42, the inner end of this led being seeured to the ousting 30. "l he l'rilnie or hair ill, the rod 4! end the rods 33 prevent rho {)Utlllly passing from OHGAJUIII- pertinent to another, or from entering or ruostin efuver the lord tr ughs.

*hieli, ol. the feed troughs is shown its formed til it senu-eylnnlriezil sheet metal body {it that is ettinahed to an inner cast metal end 5! end on outer oust metal end 5;, the inner and outer castings that fUI'lIL the ends ot the trough lining preferably riveted to the body portion oi the trough, ttb clearly seen in ii .5 ol' the drawings. lhe outer end eusinr .i'. of eueh l'eed trough is shown :is provided with :Ul outwardly projoeting trunnion 5i having it l nioii seltiiw wit lllll 2L sol-hot 56 til the top oi 21 standard in, by rci'ereneo to l ig. (5 it will he soon tlntt ere-ll trunnion 5-! is lorlned with :1 lluttr-ned. portion Lil, so Llnlt when it is desired to withdrew the trunnion from its slaindurd 5T, the trough may he turned it quarter of n, rm'olution, the lhtttened or eut- :twuy portion of the trunnion then peruniting the trunnion to he lifted through the upper, uni-row part of the soeltet 5U. "lhe lower end of the standard 57 is formed with .lll opening through which passes the lower i ieniliur l the frame or her 4U, the standard loner; tree to slide upon its l'rzinie or be r.

i he slundui'd 5'? is formed adjacent its hotieiu \i ilh it ljll lt'ill lhlnge .3? iol'niing it slot ti ereiro the projei the; edge of the circular costing 3, us rlourly shown in Figs so tluii us the trough is drawn inwardly towards the motor ol the ear, the standard 57 will lidiwith it upo i illlower member of tilt ytl il ill is formed with or t'ijlltllll opening 5i! through whieh the inner end. oi l he eorresponding feed trough projects and uhove the upper portion of this opening 5) e hiteh pinto till is pivoted :is tit [31 to u lug i ornil-ii on l. The purpos ol thilutrh phlte till to we, Ql'illU in l'tuhlilig the tired trough in iiornuil,

upright position, as slioun in l' 151s. I}, t and 5 of the dmenigs, sinoe, when the hitrh pliite depends :ilw're the outer end. of the trough,

the turning oi the trough upon its trunnion 54 is prevented.

By refineries more particularly to Fig. 7 of the drawings, it will be seen that at the sides of the opening 69 in eueh costing 30 there or tornii-d the shouldess or ledges that serve 5 and ii,

ho outer [lir oi the resting 3E].

l l l l to sustain the outer ortion of the feed trough when the troug in order to empty it, has been turned to inverted position, as shown in Fig.4.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that when a feed trough is in position for use, as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, andin dotted lines in Fig. 7, its inner end portion will rest upon the lower curved portion of the opening, 59 of the correspondin costing 30 and the hitch plate or keeper 60 will serve to prevent the eccidei'ital turning of the trough. When, however, it is desired to invert the trough in order to discharge its contents, the lati-h date or keeper 60 will be raised and the trough may then be turned by hand, to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 7, and, beins moved outward slightly, its inverted. u

I per edge of the casting 51 will rest upon t e edges or supports (35 at the sides of the openin; 59 of the resting 30.

The inner end of each compartment for poultry nornnilly closed by it gate eon" SlStlllti preferably of e U-shaped angle her or t'ranie To, to the sides of which are scoured the ends of the transverse bars Tl. The low oru o pi of those transverse hers Tl has its ends exLr-udr-d, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, to proj ct through the ends of the angle bars and within hearing plates 72 that are sorured to the fares ol the uprights T and 8. Above mn-h of these unites is {L lzilrh to retain the gute in upright, closed position. This litlt'il ronsists of on upper member 75 and ii lower member 76, pielerebly formed :is an integral rusting, that p voted its oil 77 to the side of one of the uprights The niemher T5 of the hitch has tt downwardly ij-xiouding lug 78 adopted to engage the upper edge of the grate mad h ld the shine against iMJCILlPIltel lliSPlliItEliHlli', The member T6 of the hilrh proje ts downwardly into position to be slrni'k by one of lhe (rose hms Tl of the gate. 'Iiie weight ol the hitrh serves to hold it norniidl in closed position. shown in Fig. .5, and our jarring ot' the hdrh that would tend to dist-neu er,- its upper ineniher 73 from the top of the gate is resisted h; the lower member 76 ('onti'ieting with the cross rods 71 of the gate. When it is desired, however, to open the gate, the attendant may raise the hitrli so as to permit the gate to so inn downurdl v. i'inysuitztlile torn: otstop, :is, lorexouiple, :i pin Tihprojertinu from (me ol the up right here 8, may be employed to limit the downward movement of the hitch. When the gate is turned from the open to the (rinsed position, its upper edge will strike against the beveled front face of the lug 78, thereby slightly lifting the latch until the gate passes behind the lug. At Snell time, the lower portion of the member 76 ol the latch will he in close proximity to one of the bars 71 of the gate.

It is obvious that numerous changes may 'ments arran ed side be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-- T

1. A poultry car, comprising compartments arranged side by side, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, a shdin support for the outer end of each troug a support for the inner end of each trough having an 0 ening through which said end of the troug pro- 'ects, and means extending longitudinally etween the compartments whereon the support for the inner end of the trough is slidably mounted.

2. A poultry car, comprising compartments arranged side by side, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, a sliding support for one end of each trough and whereon said trough is pivotally mounted, and means for sustaining the opposite end of said trough in manner permitting it to be inverted.

, 3. A poultr car comprising compart-' ments arrange side by side, troughs extending longitudinal] of and between said compartments, a sli ing support for one end of each trough and whereon said trough is pivotally mounted said support and said trough being detachably interlocked, a bar whereon said sliding support is sustained and a support at the inner end of each trough provided with an openi through 'which said inner end of the troug projects.

4. A poultry car comprising compartby side, vertical posts at the inner en s of said compartments, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, sup orts arranged between said vertical posts or sustaining the inner ends of the troughs and sliding su ports for the outer .ends of the troughs an whereon said troughs are pivotally mounted.

5. A poult car comprising compartments arrange side by side, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, vertical posts at the inner ends of said com artments, castings mounted be tween sai vertical posts, having openings to receive the inner ends of the troughs, lalch plates or keepers ivoted to said castings to engage said troug and sliding supports to whic otally connected.

6. A poult car ments arrange side by side, troughs extendthe outer ends of the troughs are pivcomprising compart-' ing longitudinally of and between said compartments, sliding supports for the outer ends of said troughs, said supports having open seats or sockets, ivot pins projecting from the outer ends of t e troughs and within said seats or sockets, said pivot pins being cut-away to permit the troufhs to be detached from said supports an means at the inner ends of said troughs for pivotally sustaining the troughs.

7. A poultr car, comprising compartments arrange sde by side, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, a support for the outer end of each trough and whereon it is pivotally mounted, vertical posts at the inner ends of said compartments, castings arranged between said vertical posts and having openings through which the inner ends of the troughs roject, said castings being provided with le ges or support-s for sustaining the troughs in inverted position.

8. A poultry car, comprising compartments arranged side by side, troughs extending longitudinally of and between said compartments, vertical posts at the inner ends of said compartments arranged at a slight distance a art, supports extending between and secure to said vertical posts and having openings through which the troughs may project and having shoulders or ledges to sustain the troughs in inverted position, bars arranged above and below said troughs between the compartments, and supports for the inner end of said troughs and whereon they are pivotally mounted.

9. A poultry car, comprising compartments arranged side by side, an outer vertical post arranged centrally between each pair of compartments, a pair of inner vertical osts arranged at a slight distance apart at t e inner ends of each air of compartments, supports extending etween the pairs of inner, vertical osts and having openings therein through w ich the trou hs may pro- 'ect, troughs extending longitu inally of and etween said compartments, sup orts at the inner ends of said troughs and w ereon they are pivotall mounted, and bars extending between sai compartments and having their outer ends secured to the outer posts ahd their inner ends secured to the said siipports. WILLIAM M. RYA

J. EDWARD CANDLIN. Witnesses:

LILLIAN E. Don, CHARLES S. Oman. 

